Urban, Suburban, and Rural Variations in Separation/Divorce Rape/Sexual Assault: Results from the National Crime Victimization Survey

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作者
Rennison, Callie Marie [1 ]
DeKeseredy, Walter S.
Dragiewicz, Molly [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Colorado, Sch Publ Affairs, Denver, CO 80204 USA
[2] Univ Ontario, Inst Technol, Fac Social Sci & Humanities, Oshawa, ON, Canada
关键词
violence against women; sexual assault; marital status; separation; divorce; rural; urban; suburban; VIOLENCE; WOMEN; SERVICES;
D O I
10.1177/1557085111435660
中图分类号
DF [法律]; D9 [法律];
学科分类号
0301 ;
摘要
To date, no large study has looked at whether separation/divorce sexual assault varies across urban, suburban, and rural areas. The authors use 1992-2009 NCVS (National Crime Victimization Survey) data to estimate the percentage of separation/divorce sexual assault against women in urban, suburban, and rural communities. In addition, the authors identify and compare the relative risk of sexual assault victimization for women across areas. Findings indicate that a higher percentage of rural divorced/separated women were victims of rape/sexual assault than were urban divorced/separated women. In addition, rural separated women are victims of intimate rape/sexual assault at significantly higher rates than their suburban and urban counterparts.
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页码:282 / 297
页数:16
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